Grignard side products

[alchemy_bee]

After Hydrolysis of the grignard reagent eg with dilute HCl What are the side products? Im currious to understand what happends to the NMgCl complex.

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[Rhodium]

The =NMgCl complex reacts with HCl to give MgCl2 and the imine =NH, and the imine is then hydrolyzed by H2O/HCl to give the ketone =O and NH4Cl.

[alchemy_bee]

Whow thats great Rhodium, its easy to see how water is detramental to NaBH3 reductions of P2Ps.

Can you explain the attraction/reaction of the nitrogen in the methyl cyanide to the grignard set (MgCl)?


To any bees interested in grignard reactions

http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/courses/351/Carey/Ch14/ch14-3-1.html

is a good read.




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[Rhodium]

One of the resonance forms of a nitrile is R-C⁺=N^- and the grignard reagent is equivalent to a R^- anion, therefore it adds to the nitrile carbon.